New Perspectives from Caregiving with Matt Perrin - Caregiver Spotlight
Happy Healthy Caregiver
Elizabeth Miller Featured on The Whole Care Network
5.0 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Matt Perrin spent eight and a half years surrounded by dementia as a member of the sandwich generation. He was caring for his mother, Rosemary, who was living with Alzheimer's Disease. And simultaneously helping his wife Lindsay care for her father, Steve, who was living with Lewy Body Dementia. Steve lived in Matt and Lindsay’s home with their three girls and dog. Matt's lived experience gave him a new professional purpose and unlocked a passion for creating that he never knew he had. He found solace in writing and continued his practice with his popular weekly email series.
In this episode, we discuss unearned caregiver guilt, win/win perspectives, social connections that led to being in a documentary, and new career paths inspired by caregiving.
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| 0:53.1 | But it was realizations like the one I was just talking about around the guilt and that I wasn't a failure. |
| 1:01.7 | I was doing the best that I could, right? |
| 1:03.8 | There is nobody that can do all of that. |
| 1:06.2 | That perfect caregiver is a myth. |
| 1:12.0 | Caring for aging parents or other loved ones while working, raising children, and trying |
| 1:16.8 | to live your own life, wondering how to find the time for your personal health and happiness? |
| 1:21.4 | Well, you're in the right place. |
| 1:23.0 | Welcome to the Happy, Healthy Caregiver Podcast, the show where real family caregivers share how to be |
| 1:29.1 | happy and healthy while caring for others. Now here's your host, family caregiver, and certified |
| 1:34.5 | caregiving consultant, Elizabeth Miller. Hello, everyone. Thanks for tuning in to the |
| 1:41.3 | Happy, Healthy Caregiver podcast, which is part of the Whole Care Network. |
| 1:45.0 | If this is your first time listening, welcome. |
| 1:47.3 | This is a show produced biweekly to help family caregivers integrate self-care and caregiving into their lives. |
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